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What to expect when the nurse comes to your house

Aug 02, 2018 04:40AM ● By Frances Hansen

The scene is becoming increasingly familiar: a knock on the door, which the patient opens to see a strange person with a couple of bags hang...

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Montrose Memorial Hospital welcomes Dr. Steve Emmons

Aug 01, 2018 05:42AM ● By BEACON Senior News

Board Certified in Hematology and Medical Oncology, Dr. Steve Emmons will be a welcome addition to the San Juan Cancer Center. Dr. Emmons re...

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Senior CommUnity Care PACE welcomes new behavioral health counselor

May 02, 2018 04:24AM ● By BEACON Senior News

Volunteers of America (VOA) and Senior CommUnity Care PACE (SCC-PACE) is pleased to announce Jed Kovach, LCSW, as the program’s new full-tim...

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Center for Spiritual Living events

Feb 02, 2018 02:01PM ● By BEACON Senior News

Activities take place at Center for Spiritual Living, 251 Colorado Ave. in Grand Junction. Meditation is one of the five pillars of spiri...

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Flu hospitalizations increase in Mesa County

Jan 31, 2018 01:51PM ● By BEACON Senior News

Mesa County saw an increase in influenza hospitalizations following the holiday season. Twenty-six hospitalizations were reported between Oc...

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Kickstart health with St. Mary’s LIFE Program

Jan 06, 2018 09:42AM ● By BEACON Senior News

Join Dr. Maria Anderson for a six-week Food for Life cooking class held from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesdays beginning January 16. The plant-based nutr...

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Falling well: Tips for preventing falls for active seniors

Jan 03, 2018 12:07AM ● By Melanie Wiseman

I’ve never thought of my active, 65-year-old sister as clumsy. But after Becky called to inform me she’d had her third major bone break in 1...

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Medicare Monday: Learn about 2018 changes

Oct 04, 2017 01:32PM ● By Beacon Senior News

Open enrollment for Medicare beneficiaries begins on October 15 and ends December 7. This is the time of the year when Medicare beneficiarie...

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“Roots of Vitality” workshop

Sep 13, 2017 03:07PM ● By Beacon Senior News

The Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism is presenting a weekend workshop in Paonia focusing on the roots of vitality. To sign up, visit ww...

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Community Hospital receives national accreditation

Sep 05, 2017 03:16PM ● By BEACON Senior News

Community Hospital is now a Bariatric Center of Excellence—its surgical weight loss program meets national standards established by the Meta...

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Free heart health screenings

Sep 04, 2017 03:04PM ● By BEACON Senior News

How healthy is your heart? Delta County residents who are un- or under-insured qualify for a free screening to find out. On September 5, 11,...

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Donating is in their blood: Family honors one man’s legacy by “paying it forward”

Aug 30, 2017 11:01AM ● By Melinda Mawdsley

Ed Keddy lived with two lists.The first was a compilation of medical diagnoses, dating back to 1979 when Ed was told he had “idiopathic thro...

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